legislations on pharmacy

The OFT has said that the current licence system restricts consumer choice and inflates prices of over-the-counter medicines, resulting in Britons paying 30 million pounds more for drugs than they would in a deregulated maret. The DTI is expected to go some way towards opening up the market, however, by allowing health authorities to offer more pharmacy licences to create competition and bring down the cost of medicines, which could allow the supermarket chains to open some new in-store outlets. Industry analysts have said the Boots, whose shops are mostly in high street locations, would be most vulnerable to supermarket competition. Britain rejects calls for a full der...